Cigar-maker s gage



(No Model.)

J. A. MESSINA & P. BURGOS.

CIGAR MA-KERS GAGE.

No. 452,187. PatentedMay 12,1891.

` Mita/asada Jia UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

JOHN A. MESSINA AND PASTOR BURGOS, OF KEY VEST, FLORIDA.

ClGAR-MAKERS GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,187', dated May 12, 1891.

Application iiled October 13, 1890. Serial No. 368,040. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that We, JOHN A. MESSINA and PASTOR BURGOS, citizens of the United States, residing at Key West, in the county of Monroe and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Makers Gages; and We do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention ,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to a measuring-instrument designed to facilitate the art of manufacturing hand-made cigars.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a perspective View of the device; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 3, a cross-section on line x Fig. 1; Fig. 4, an

end view, and Fig. 5 a back view, of the door shown in Fig. 4t.

Reference being had to the drawings, A represents a scale-plate to be secured to a cigar-makers board; B, a longitudinal slot` in said plate, in which slides alug a, propelled by screw C.

D indicates an index swiveled to lug a, having its outer end beveled, as at b, and having secured to its opposite end a right-angled extension E, projecting above and on either side thereof and provided with a bolt c, intended to engage slot B and thus lock the extension E at any given point on scale-plate A, with the index D resting in the longitudinal center of the scale-plate.

F indicates an index similar to D, swiveled to the outer right-hand corner of the plate and so arranged that when folded the inner end projects over offset CZ in the upper corner of a sliding door G, and thus locks it. A segmental slot e is formed in door G, in which moves a pintle f, attached toamarking-knife H, that can thus be raised above the surface of the scale-plate for use or lowered at will. On the pint-le f is swiveled a link g, provided with a knob I on its outside and a stud h on its under side, by the engagement of which with one end or the other of slot e the knife H is locked up or down, as the case may be. Door G guards the entrance of a box J.

At the opposite end of theinstrument scaleplate A is tapped by a screw-thread, and a hinge-jointed screw-standard K is inserted in position to be set down upon screw O for the purpose of locking it in any predetermined position.

The joint of screw-standard K is inclosed by a telescoping sleeve L, by which the standard is retained in an upright position when in use, While the top of standard K is provided with a ring M, having set-screws rin its periphery and lug j at its base for the purpose of retaining therein a smaller ring N, serving as a circumferential gage. These rings N may vary in size.

The instrument having been constructed substantially as described is secured to a cigar-makers board by screws passing through flanges 7c, and its use is as follows: The length and circumference of the cigars to be manufactured beingA given, index F is turned at right angles to the scale, and index D located at a point on the scale corresponding with the desired length of cigar. A ring of the proper circumference is secured within ring M. y

A cigar having been rolled in the usual manner is finally rolled upon inclines Z7 to determine its length. It is then passed through the aforesaid ring to determine its circumference; or, if preferred, index D is turned upon lug a until it rests in the longitudinal center of the scale, with the extension E at right angles to its length. Bolt c may then be lowered to engage slot B, when the extension E may serve as one end of the gage and the elevated marking-knife H the other. A cigar may now be rolled with its mouth end against said extension E and with its opposite end on" knife Il, which will indicate Where it is to be cut.

Having thus described the main features of our invention as far as possible in its present state of completion, what we claim is- 1. A measuring-instrument consisting of a xed scale-plate, an indicator movable thereon, and a marker separate from the indicator and projecting above the surface of the scaleplate.

2. A measuring-instrument consisting of a scale-plate, an indicator adapted to travel thereon, and a marking-knife secured to the IOO end of the scale and adapted to be raised and lowered, substantially as described.

3. A ineasuri11g-instrument consisting of a scale-plate and a T-shaped double indicator adapted to travel thereon and to be locked in operative position on the scale, substantially as described.

4. A ineasuring-instrument consisting` of a scale-plate a T-shaped double indicator adapted to travel thereon and to be locked in operative position on the scale7 and a marl;- ing-knife, substantially as described.

5. A measnringfinstrument consisting of a scale-plate provided with a longitudinal slot, an index secured to a lug adapted to travel in said slot, a similar index swiveled to the plate at the beginning of the scale,and a box formed in the end of theinstruinent, provided with a door serving' as a stop for the latter in- JOHN A. MESSINA. PASTOR BURGOS.

Witnesses:

W. C. MALONEY, RAMON ALVAREZ. 

